Combined rocker armchair and desk



J. 5. WEEKS COMBINED ROCKER ARMCHAIR AND DESK May 22, 1928.

Filed Oct. 4, 1926 INVENTOR. Jasepfi ealfif Patented May 22, 1928. 1

UNITED "STATES JOSEPH S. OF LOS ANGELEfi-CALTFORFI'IA.

COMBINED nooxnn ARMCHAIR AND nnsx.

Application filed October 4, 1926. Serial No. 139,393.

The invention forming the subject matter of this application is a chairadapted for use either as a rocker o'r castored'arm-chair provided withmeans designed, when desired, to serve asa desk or table suitable forwriters, invalids or other persons.

The objects of the invention will become apparent as the detaileddescription thereof proceeds.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view ofmy invention with thedesk-table structure shown in operative position;

Figure 2 is a fragmentary detail elevation of the mechanism forconverting the chair from a rocker chair to a castored roller armchair;1

Figure 3 is an elevational detail showing the desk-table members infolded position; and

Figure 4 is a fragmentary sectional view of a toggle locking jointforming part of the invention.

As illustrated in the drawings, my invention comprises a chair havinglegs 1, 2, 3, and 4 suitably framed with the usual rails and braces toform a seat 5, back 6 and arm rails 7. The lower ends of the legs 1 and4 have a rocker 8 fixed thereto, and a similar rocker 9 is likewisesecured to the lower ends of the legs 2 and 3.

Outwardly of the rockers 8 and 9, each leg is shaped to form an oifsetlO and arecess 11 to receive a chair supporting member 12.

A pair of these members 12 are-shown in the drawing as hinged to theoffsets 10 of the legs 2 and 3 to swing about the hinges 13, and are ofsuch length that when fully seated in their recesses 11 their endsextend below the rocker 9 to support it out-of contact with the floor.

In order to swing the members 12 about their hinges 13 into and out oftheir recesses 11, a toggle linkagehas the ends 14 and 15 of its links16 and 17, respectively, connected by hinges 18 to the opposed innersides of the members 12 of the legs 2 and 3. These links are pivoted toeach other by a common rule joint 19, which is provided with a clampingpivot nut 20 adapted to be operated to secure the toggle and thesupporting members 12 in operative or inoperative position as desired. Aball castor 21,

of any suitable or desired construction, is secured to the end of eachmember 12 to enable the chair to be rolled wherev r d s ed,

in the usual way, when the supporting mem-' bers 12 are in chairsupporting position.

' While the description so far has been limited tot-he showing of thechair-supports and toggle members. as connected to the legs 2 and 3only, it is to be understood, of course, that the supporting members 12on thc'legs 1 and 4 are similarly hinged to the,

offsets 10 and are operated by a toggle linkage similar to the linkagejust described.

The desk-table parts of my invention comprise a board 22 connected toone of the arms near its front end, by a parliamentary Image 23 toproject laterally of the arm 7 a suiiiclent distance to accommodate theboard extension 24 when the said parts are in folded position (seeFigure 3).

l/Vherethe distance between the desk supporting arms 7 is greater thanthe height of these arms above the rockers 8' and 9 or the ends of themembers 12, when the latter are in chair-supporting position, it isnecessary to make the board 22 shorter than this height, so as to permitthis board to swing clear of the floor when it is moved to foldedposition, and to hinge to the free end of this board an extension" 26 ofsuflicient length to extend to the other arm 7 and serve as a supportfor the board 22. This extension 26 must, of course, be folded upagainst" the board 22, as indicated in Figure 3, and may be secured inthis folded position by any suitable latch 27.

I The extension 2 1 is connected to the board 22 by pairs of doubleaction hinges to adapt said extension to hang down and behind the board22 when folded, or to be raised into operative. position, when desired.tensible bracket, having cooperative tele: scoping parts 29 and 30,has'its opposite An eX- ends pivotally connected to the leg 2 and Havingthus describedmy invention,'what I claim as new and desire to secure byLetters Patent is 1. A chair having rockers fixed to the lower ends ofthe legs thereof, said legs having oifsets at their lower end-sextendingv outwardly and laterally of said rockers to formsupport-receiving recesses, supports piyoted to said ofi'sets to swing"into and out of-sa-id recesses and of lengths sufiieient to raise the.

lower ends 01' the legs thereof, saidlegs having, oifsets extending:laterally from said ends to form recesses, supports hinged to saidoffsets to swing into or out of said recesses and of sufli'cient lengthto raise the chair w th its rockers out of contact With a 'flc or whenswung into the recesses, and toggle linkages c( nn ectin;, the front andrear supports in pairs'to lock them in rocker raising. positions in.said recesses.

3. The chair as set forth in claim 2 in combination With means forlocking said linkagesin any desired position.

In testimony whereof 1; have signed my name to this specification.

J O-SEPH S. W

